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Post by Admin on Sept 22, 2019 1:50:00 GMT
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl who has inspired an international movement to fight climate change, has been nominated as a candidate to receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
The 16-year-old was nominated by three Norwegian MPs.
If she were to win, she would be the youngest recipient since Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, who was 17 when she received the prize.
Ms Thunberg tweeted she was "honoured" to receive the nomination:
"We have proposed Greta Thunberg because if we do nothing to halt climate change, it will be the cause of wars, conflict and refugees," Norwegian Socialist MP Freddy Andre Ovstegard told AFP news agency.
"Greta Thunberg has launched a mass movement which I see as a major contribution to peace," he added.
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Post by Admin on Sept 22, 2019 4:25:00 GMT
On Friday, thousands of schoolchildren are expected to strike again against climate change in more than 100 countries around the world. The school strikes were inspired by the Fridays For The Future movement started by Ms Thunberg under the hashtag #FridaysForFuture. So far, there have been regular walkouts around the world, including in countries likes Germany, Belgium, the UK, France, Australia and Japan. But Friday's protest is billed as the biggest so far. Who is Greta Thunberg? The Swedish teenager - who on her Twitter page describes herself as "a 16-year-old climate activist with Asperger [syndrome]" - first staged a school strike for the climate in front of the Swedish parliament in August last year. Since then, she has been missing lessons most Fridays to stage her regular protests. She continued to gain international attention after speaking at the UN Climate Talks in Poland in December and at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. "On climate change, we have to acknowledge that we have failed," she told global economic leaders in Davos.
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2019 20:24:21 GMT
Thunberg’s mother, Malena Ernman, is an opera singer. She’s also an actress. Specifically, she’s a mezzo-soprano, though she has also dabbled in other genres of music, including jazz and cabaret. http://instagram.com/p/BuzOn6mlP1K Malena was convinced by her environmentally focused daughter to give up her professional career in international opera, according to The Guardian. This is because of the environmental effects of aviation, the publication reports. In addition to her opera career, Malena wrote a book about her family, which in English translates to Scenes From the Heart. In the book Malena notes her daughters’ upbringing as well as their struggles. Additionally, per DW, Malena reveals that Greta has Asperger’s syndrome (in addition to high-functioning autism and obsessive compulsive disorder, per The Daily Beast), and Beata has ADHD. Malena has over 44,000 followers on Twitter. Her Twitter bio reads, “Not ready to make nice,” and links to a Malena Ernman website that appears to be defunct. Unfortunately for English speakers, accessing Malena’s content might be a tad difficult, since all of her tweets are written in Swedish. But if you right click any given tweet and click on the “Translate to English” option, you should be all set.
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Post by Admin on Sept 26, 2019 4:19:11 GMT
Svante Thunberg is an author, actor, and producer. He’s also created works with his spouse, Malena, as an artist pair. In fact, he manages Malena’s career; he also co-wrote Scenes From the Heart with his wife. http://instagram.com/p/B05gacDChZU For his own acting career, Svante is most known for his role in a Swedish television drama series called Skärgårdsdoktorn, which loosely translates to The Archipelago Doctor in English. The show ran from 1997-2000, per IMDB. Svante has an active Twitter account and often posts photos of Greta, as well as other climate-related content. He also has moments indicative of being a typical proud parent: he recently retweeted an article that fact-checked the accuracy of Thunberg’s various climate change claims and found them all to be true. 4. Thunberg Is Distantly Related to Nobel Prize Winner Svante Arrhenius
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Post by Admin on Sept 27, 2019 17:46:27 GMT
Beata Ernman Thunberg is Thunberg’s sister and only sibling. She is 13 years old, three years younger than Thunberg. Beata has a significant following on Instagram, with over 11,000 followers; for what it’s worth, Thunberg has 4.3 million followers on Instagram. http://instagram.com/p/BwzDeR6hh2R Beata rarely posts Instagrams about her sister. Rather, her social media feed is dominated by her evident love for singing. http://instagram.com/p/B2xNjdCCTF- Beata goes by “Bea,” per her Instagram bio. In addition to singing, she frequently performs in front of audiences, and often choreographs her performances as well.
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